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in Share One of the biggest challenges for foursquare is finding a way to work with companies that sell their product across a wide variety of businesses, but don’t have their own locations where they can offer specials. http://aboutfoursquare.com/heineken-netherlands-offers-rewards-through-foursquare/

Heineken Netherlands offers rewards through foursquare

Miso: A Foursquare-Like App for Homebodies

If your Foursquare check-ins could be limited to backyard outings and trips to the mailbox, you may be interested in a new mobile application called Miso . With this service, a startup from Bazaar Labs, also the makers of a social network called Flixup! for movie chatter, you can perform Foursquare-like "check-ins" when watching a particular TV show or movie. http://readwrite.com/2010/03/09/miso_a_foursquare-like_app_for_homebodies
The iTunes App Store is about to reach 10 billion downloads. http://www.asymco.com/2011/01/16/more-than-60-apps-have-been-downloaded-for-every-ios-device-sold/

More than 60 apps have been downloaded for every iOS device sold

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Black Eyed Peas Launch the Kinda Cool 'BEP360,' But We Still Laugh

It is no secret that Switched staffers do not number among the Black Eyed Peas' fan club.
App store analytics company Distimo has released a report reviewing the changes in the Apple, Android, Blackberry, and Nokia app stores in 2010, and the results are impressive for all four.

Distimo report reviewing

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/01/10/distimo-pegs-android-market-at-130000-apps-a-nearly-six-fold-increase-year-over-year/

Apple’ App Store 300,000 apps

http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/16/apples-app-store-crosses-300000-apps/ Apple‘s App Store now has more than 300,000 apps as of the past day. Mobclix ‘s data shows that in the past 24 hours, Apple added the 300,000th app to its App Store. The number includes both free and paid apps available for downloading.
http://148apps.biz/app-store-metrics/ We originally created our metrics page in the fall of 2008 to celebrate the App Store reaching a milestone of what at the time seemed amazing, 10,000 apps.

App Store Metrics